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H.R. 260: Women and Climate Change Act of 2021

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H.R. 260: Women and Climate Change Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-11 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Women and Climate Change Act of 2021

Plain summary

Women and Climate Change Act of 2021 This bill addresses climate change and its effects on women and girls. Specifically, the bill establishes the Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change within the Department of State. The bill outlines the functions of the working group, including the coordination of agencies' policies and activities relating to combating the effects of climate change on women and improving the government's response to and strategy for climate change. In addition, the Office of Global Women's Issues of the State Department must submit a strategy to prevent and respond to the effects of climate change on women.

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Official text

Women and Climate Change Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · 70 cosponsors

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Gwen Moore (D-WI), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), André Carson (D-IN), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Dina Titus (D-NV), Sean Casten (D-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO) and 10 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr260 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117